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Let's get this party started, I'm sick of begging you You make me dead inside which I give to you
Let's get this party started, You make me feel inside I want to be the one to make myself sane

And that build looks really nice. Rohan23 will be able to help ya out lots with the mobo selection since he basically has the exact same build you are planning. Im pretty sure he has the Asus P6T so he can tell ya exactly how it performs...

1000 dollars for a CPU chip? I couldn't justify that just to play games.
Seriously if you plan to use that system to make money then yeah maybe.
I just don't understand the gamer mentality. Or is the ooh ahh factor?